System vs Rebirth

After giving Elaine some food, Jessi waited until the heavy rain stopped before leaving Elaine alone.

Because of what she had done, Elaine's will to survive increased. However, her willpower alone wouldn't be enough.

The fatigue had caught up to her. In addition, the cold had become even more severe.

The voice of the people kept ringing in her head, her body became extremely weak, and her breath was unstable.

She looked like she was about to collapse soon. The hot sun couldn't be compared to the hot temperature of her body.

"Ha… Ha…" Elaine panted a few times. Her body started convulsing. Hunger and thirst might not have been a problem anymore, but her consciousness had become fuzzy.

'This is not good. I still have to continue.'

Elaine kept muttering inwardly, trying to persist as much as possible. But after grueling seven days, she passed out.

…

Two hours later.

Elaine opened her eyes, looking an unfamiliar ceiling.

'Mhmm? Aren't I supposed to be looking at the ground?' Elaine thought before snapping. She hurriedly rose from the bed and looked around, realizing that she was inside a house. And Jessi was in front of her, taking care of her. "What…"

"You passed out. Don't move too much for now. Your fever is still severe."

"What have you done? I have to go back! My family is at stake." Elaine tried to jump off the bed, but Jessi stopped her. "At least rest for a bit. It's been seven days, so the lord shouldn't be coming back soon."

Elaine wanted to refute, but the word stuck in her throat. Instead, she changed it into another question. "Why do you help me? Do you know that you'll be in trouble if you help me? I have done a lot of bad things to your territory!"

"It's your family, right? Not you personally." Jessi shook her head helplessly. "Besides, how foolish are you… If you want to repent, you should live on instead of dying. Death is just an escape. If you feel bad for people, you should spend your life making them happy. That's just my own thought… I think the nobles can't understand such a simple thing."

"That's… not true." Elaine bit her lips.

Looking at her grunted expression, Jessi stood up. "I won't stop you from going back, but eat something first."

Jessi went to the back to grab some food, leaving Elaine alone.

Elaine was contemplating. She had looked down on the people because they were uneducated or their lives were cheap. But because of Jessi, she thought she was the one imposing her own ideal on them.

Unfortunately, she didn't have a lot of time to think about it as the outside was bustling with people.

"…coming!"

"The Lord…"

"…coming!"

Elaine couldn't help but hear some voices from the outside. She raised her head, wondering why it suddenly became too noisy.

"The Lord is coming!"

heard the message clearly, she panicked. Right now, she isn't kneeling in front of the mansion. In addition, if she stayed here, Jessi

the fact that she hadn't

to her room, she only found an

the mansion barefoot, trying to reach the

for her, the moment she reached the mansion, Noel was already waiting for her. He was accompanied

pale. As if noticing her presence,

moment their eyes were locked onto each other, Elaine immediately kneeled

Noel asked while pointing at the spot where

Elaine didn't know what to say.

cold. "Don't tell me. There

Jessi, her family would be destroyed. On the other hand,

hurriedly replied, "No. That's not

tried to protect Jessi. They all knew about what happened in the past few days, especially how Elaine continued to persist

When she collapsed, Jessi was the

that's not true, then what explanation do you have for me? How are you going to explain that you're

something, but the fatigue was still too

as his body leaked out some spiritual energy, pressuring Elaine. "Don't tell me.

die because of this anyway, so why would she

No commoner dared to refuse the order of a noble! A mere

voice was shaking. It was clear that she didn't mean it. In fact, she said all those words just so that Noel could direct his anger at

stepped on the ground, applying more pressure. His eyes were now filled with

as the pressure was crushing down on her body. The road underneath her started to crack. Yet Elaine still raised her head, glaring at

persisted for a few seconds, but her

the ground, Noel pulled out his sword and said coldly, "In that case, I

looked pale. Some were trying to look away or bring the children to

Jessi suddenly appeared and

her while saying, "Are you the

answered

silent for a moment before

has the right to live. Just like how I, a lowly prostitute,

her? Her family was the one who started all this. Once she is forgiven, the others will think lowly of this territory. They will think that this territory can

I don't want my lord to be known as the ruthless tyrant, even though you are just trying to help us. I believe that she has been punished severely. Instead of executing her, she should work for this land and

all, all of you are the

was saying what they wanted to say. They didn't have the courage

in front of Noel. He was the kid who

kid, they saw several people falling to their

past few days and how she remained still no matter what happened around

wanted to atone for her mistake, she should survive and work

kneeling on the

if he were contemplating whether to execute or not. In the end,

Noel finally sheathed

will be under you for now. See whether she is useful or not,"

around. "Bring her

felt a bit relieved since they should be spared from any punishment as well because of what Jessi did. The people looked